eWeek has an article up discussing the possibility of Microsoft including automatic patching in the next version of SQL Server. The article is unclear about what exactly this would entail, but it ...

Microsoft issued some reminders this week that July 9, 2019, is the last day of patch support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2.

The SQL Server engineering team provided some advice for IT when installing the cumulative updates.

Here's a look at the most recent Patch Tuesday release from Microsoft as well as a collection of recent updates so you can ...

With the addition of security patching for SQL Server and MySQL patchVantage now cover a large percentage of the databases in use across the world today, said David McNish, founder and technical ...

Microsoft released a cumulative patch for SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE) to fix three newly discovered critical vulnerabilities. While Microsoft has rolled together fixes for multiple ...

Bulletin MS02-043, issued late last week, contains the first SQL Server patch for August. But in July, database administrators saw five separate security bulletins dealing with SQL Server ...

Blue Lane Announces the Industry's First Inline Patch Proxy That Instantly Fixes Enterprise Server Vulnerabilities; Mitigates Operational Risks of Patching Now and Security Risk of Patching Later ...

Microsoft isnt talking dates as to when automatic patching for SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server Yukon will go live, but its a given.

The implications of an automatic patching system on mission critical servers (which many SQL Server installations are) require some careful consideration.